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HSI/Europe announced that Ruud Tombrock has joined as its new executive director. HSI/Europe is a leading lobby and advocacy force for animal protection in Europe, with active campaigns to protect wildlife, reduce and replace animal use in scientific research and product testing, to protect marine life, and to address the treatment of animals farmed for food, skins and fur.

HSI/Europe applauded the European Parliament for adopting a strongly worded Resolution on whale hunting in Norway. MEPs raised concerns about the shipment of whale products to Japan via a number of EU ports during a debate with the European Commission in July.

HSI welcomed the news of the Czech Republic becoming the 14th country globally to completely ban fur farming, sparing around 20,000 foxes and minks every year who would otherwise spend their lives in cramped, barren cages and suffer painful deaths by gassing or electrocution.

HSI/Europe applauded the Parliament of the Balearic Islands for approving legislative measures to make it impossible to hold bullfights or bull fiestas in this autonomous community. The legislation came in lieu of an explicit ban because the Spanish Constitutional Court had previously ruled that regions do not have the autonomous power to ban bullfighting.

HSI/UK blasted Home Office statistics on the UK’s use of animals in scientific procedures in 2016 as exposing the government’s failure to use its regulatory and research funding powers to curb uncontrolled breeding activities.

HSI and British MP Henry Smith hosted a reception in the Palace of Westminster to shine a spotlight on the cruelty of the dog meat trade. Celebrities joined MPs and campaigners for an exhibition of powerful images and inspiring stories of some of the 850 dogs that HSI has rescued from ‘death row’ on South Korea’s dog meat farms.

EU Member States have approved the inclusion of 12 additional animal and plant species on the list of Invasive Alien Species of Union Concern. This list includes the raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides), a species that is exploited by the fur industry for its luxurious pelt and inappropriately marketed as an exotic pet species.

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Contributions to Humane Society International are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law in your country. HSI's tax identification number is 52-1769464. Donations made from the UK: HSI UK is registered in England and Wales as charity number 1098925, company number 4610194. Donations made from the Netherlands: HSI UK is regarded as an ANBI Charity under Dutch Fiscal Number 8241.63.072. Donations made in Canada: donations to HSI Canada are not tax-deductible. Non-profit organizations in Canada that lobby to change government policy are generally denied charitable status.